Düsseldorf dissipates tensions with Irish TravellersHead of Irish Business Network mediates with Traveller gathering in German cityThu Aug 10 2017 - 18:50
Angela Merkel returns to campaign on steady poll numbersGerman attitudes to car industry scandals may be taking a toll on political supportThu Aug 10 2017 - 18:00
UCD historian attacks German war revisionismAcademic accuses leading German historian of flirting with neo-Nazi thinkingTue Aug 08 2017 - 20:45
Satirist tries to shame Twitter into action over hate speechShahak Shapira spray-paints pavement outside social media firm’s German HQTue Aug 08 2017 - 19:13
Ryanair clash with Berlin mayor over airportAirline backs campaign to keep Tegel airport operating even after its replacement opensMon Aug 07 2017 - 17:06
Germany’s ‘diesel summit’ fails to quell growing anger over emissionsCritics say ‘voluntary’ deal which includes a diesel scrappage scheme does not go far enoughThu Aug 03 2017 - 18:02
VW, Daimler and BMW agree to EU-wide software updateGerman giants to update millions of diesel cars to reduce dangerous emissionsWed Aug 02 2017 - 20:15
German politicians perform handbrake turn on DieselgatePoliticians will give car executives chilly reception at emergency ‘diesel summit’Wed Aug 02 2017 - 05:55
Clouds over Merkel’s pre-election holidayThere are many plenty of potential pitfalls in the seven weeks before the electionTue Aug 01 2017 - 01:00
Polish court reforms will unsettle investors, warns ratings agencyMajor reforms by the ruling party drew massive street protests in Polish citiesMon Jul 31 2017 - 20:34
Controversy over book deleted from German best-seller listVolume takes issue with Germany’s ongoing obsession with the ‘eternal Nazi’ roleMon Jul 31 2017 - 05:00
VW Touareg may be banned over emissions manipulationGermany’s transport minister investigating whether VW Touareg using ‘defeat’ softwareSun Jul 30 2017 - 20:27
German carmakers running out of political cover on emissions scandalTransport minister pulls permits for 22,000 new Porsche Cayennes with cheat softwareSat Jul 29 2017 - 06:30
Home of combustion engine could ban diesel cars as Stuttgart court stands firmGerman city may now introduce first inner-city ban on diesel enginesFri Jul 28 2017 - 16:03
Journalist who offered to be suicide bomber sheds light on Isis‘Bild’ reporter penetrates recruitment arm of Islamic State with undercover online identityWed Jul 26 2017 - 18:20
Volkswagen, Daimler in crisis meetings over cartel claimsIf EU competition law is found to be breached the companies could face fines of up to 10% of turnoverWed Jul 26 2017 - 17:55
Irishman confesses to involvement in 1996 PIRA bombingJames Corry appears at first day of trial over attack on army base in western GermanyWed Jul 26 2017 - 09:03
Warsaw remains defiant after judicial reforms vetoPolish cabinet vows to continue with radical reform plan despite opposition from EUTue Jul 25 2017 - 17:23
What was behind Polish president’s veto of judicial reform Bill?Controversial Bill was aimed at extending government powers over court appointmentsMon Jul 24 2017 - 18:55
Poland’s president vetoes controversial judicial billsReform laws passed by parliament triggered nationwide demonstrationsMon Jul 24 2017 - 12:20
German car stocks fall amid reports of cartel-like behaviourCollusion to fix prices of diesel-emissions systems goes back to 1990s, says ‘Der Spiegel’Fri Jul 21 2017 - 20:25
Polish judicial reforms pass amid mass demonstrationsCritics say new law increases political influence of ruling party over new judgesFri Jul 21 2017 - 19:47
Irish student wins support in legal battle over exam scriptAdvocate General tells European court that exam scripts do constitute ‘personal data’Thu Jul 20 2017 - 20:08
Polish leader accuses opponents of murder in reforms rowJaroslaw Kaczynski makes emotional intervention in judicial dispute amid EU warningWed Jul 19 2017 - 18:53
German social media law sparks protestLaw compels social media to remove abusive material within 24 hours or face €50m finesTue Jul 18 2017 - 18:05
Thousands protest in Warsaw ahead of judicial reform voteBerlin says court reform is unacceptable political ‘intervention’ in judiciary independenceMon Jul 17 2017 - 18:54
German salon gets online abuse over Syrian barberXenophobes criticise hairdresser branch over barber who cannot cut women’s hairMon Jul 17 2017 - 18:50
Other Voices rolls out its grand Irish experiment to BerlinCaoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, New Jackson, Tom Adams and Soulé among well-received actsFri Jul 14 2017 - 20:58
Inevitable death of diesel engine bodes ill for German car makersConcern for millions of jobs as VW emissions scandal turns into industry-wide meltdownFri Jul 14 2017 - 05:40
Greek loans earn €1.3bn for Germany in last 10 yearsOpposition politicians say it may be legal to earn Greek money but is morally dubiousWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:56
Irish man set for trial in Germany over IRA bomb attackJames Corry accused of involvement in 1996 assault on British army base in OsnabrückWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:36
WhatsApp messages reveal ‘Lego’ Islam extremistsAcademic study of Jihadist phone exchanges suggest little knowledge of KoranWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:19
EU partners edge towards position on Trump at G20 summitUS president isolated as G20 reiterates support for multilateral globalised tradeSun Jul 09 2017 - 20:05
G20 leaders restate opposition to protectionismTrump isolated on climate change as group issues dissenting conclusions for first timeSun Jul 09 2017 - 15:45
G20: Trump left alone against the world on climate changeMeeting ends ‘19 against 1’ on climate protections with fears of trade war on steelSat Jul 08 2017 - 18:16
Violent protests in Hamburg quelled as G20 summit reaches final dayProtesters torched cars and smashed windows before police restored orderSat Jul 08 2017 - 11:13
Martin Luther: ‘The greatest media sensation of his age’Wittenberg is spending €50m to mark the theologian’s protest 500 years agoSat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
US and Russia disagree over G20 talks on election meddlingWhite House disputes Russian version of events during Trump-Putin meetingSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
Aid experts wary of G20’s ‘Marshall plan’ for AfricaGermany bills deal ‘trade not aid’, but analysts predict private sector exploitationSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
Angela Merkel steers choppy waters in her Hamburg home townGerman chancellor seeks to anchor a deal to hold the post-cold world order togetherSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
‘Robust’ first Putin-Trump meeting over interference claimsTillerson says US president pressed Russian leader over election interference claimFri Jul 07 2017 - 20:29
G20: Trump ‘honoured’ to meet Putin for first timeMerkel urges open, conciliatory talks to ‘allay fears and anxieties’ of people around worldFri Jul 07 2017 - 16:15
G20 protests: police request reinforcements after 160 officers injuredAnti-capitalist protesters set fire to cars, barricades, rubbish bins and wooden palletsFri Jul 07 2017 - 11:47
G20: Merkel warns meaningful deal may be impossibleDonald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin as summit agenda filled with global issuesFri Jul 07 2017 - 00:00
Angela Merkel meets Donald Trump ahead of G20 summitUS president demands action on North Korea and criticises Russia before Hamburg eventThu Jul 06 2017 - 18:10
Trump says future of Western civilisation is at stakeUS president uses speech in Poland to appeal for Western unity in the face of ‘dire threats’Thu Jul 06 2017 - 15:36
G20 gathering will showcase the EU’s many challengesEurope’s Future: Hamburg summit comes amid Trump chaos and Russian aggressionThu Jul 06 2017 - 01:00
China revives panda diplomacy for Angela MerkelGermany’s warm welcome for Xi Jinping comes ahead of meeting with Donald TrumpWed Jul 05 2017 - 16:30
How the last survivor of Hitler’s bunker got the better of Goebbels’ sonOnly a dirty blouse got between Johanna Ruf (88) and a meeting with the Nazi dictatorTue Jul 04 2017 - 18:58
